61. The Little Egypt Gazette Presents In The July 1996 Issue Of The nevil maskelyne and David Devant. My home town library s edition of Our Magiclooked (still The eldest was JN maskelyne (the JN stands for John nevil, http://littleegyptmagic.com/ourmag.htm

The Little Egypt Gazette presents: In the July 1996 issue of The Little Egypt Gazette , which I naively thought would be the final issue of this journal, I included an article entitled "Mr. Parrish and Company." The piece was an appreciation of four books that significantly influenced me as a child and which, for better or worse, led me down this magical path so many of you have also chosen. The books were New Ways to Mystify and For Magicians Only , by Robert Parrish; Magic Made Easy , a soft-covered pulp how-to book by Carl March (a pseudonym for Sid Fleischman); and Magic for All , by magician/cartoonist Bob Dunn. For the sake of brevity, I omitted two other influential books from that article Our Magic , by Maskelyne and Devant (which I assumed all magicians to be familiar with), and an introductory tome, Everybody's Book of Magic , by Will Dexter. As both these books are of British origin, and because they gave me, at a young age, a particularly British view of the overall world of magic, now is a fitting time in which to consider their merits, and especially to bring them to the attention of any reader who has yet to encounter them. by Nevil Maskelyne and David Devant My home town library's edition of Our Magic looked (still looks, actually, as I now own it) more like a magic book than any other book I've ever seen. Its cover is a rich brown cloth, and, although the binding has been replaced with a stock library binding, replete with the Dewey decimal 793.8, the cover still clearly conveys the image of a Merlinesque figure holding a steaming bowl of something, with bats fluttering about his head. The three principal sections of the book, "The Art in Magic," "The Theory of Magic," and "The Practice of Magic," are prominently displayed along with the authors' names, Nevil Maskelyne and David Devant. (Maskelyne wrote the first two sections, Devant the last.) It's a surprisingly heavy book for its size, no doubt because of the weight of the 505 glossy pages within.

62. Samuel West nevil maskelyne; Runt (1999) . Pork; Notting Hill (1999) (as Sam West) .Anna s CoStar; Hornblower The Frogs and the Lobsters (1999) (TV) . http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0922335/

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65. American Scientist: The Harrison-Maskelyne Affair.(Marginalia)(John Harrison)(Ne Marginalia)(John Harrison)(nevil maskelyne) from American Scientist, a publicationin the field of Reference Education, through LookSmart s FindArticles http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb010/is_200309/ai_hibm1G1113306480

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66. Who's Who Of Victorian Cinema John nevil maskelyne. British magician and illusionist. Born in Cheltenham on 22December 1839, he was a descendant of nevil maskelyne (17321811), http://www.victorian-cinema.net/maskelyne.htm

Introduction Who's Who Technical essay Sources ... News John Nevil Maskelyne British magician and illusionist Georges Méliès , who was vastly influenced by what he saw there. Some of the finest magicians of the day were among the performers, including David Devant , who was to introduce the new 'Living Photographs' as a regular feature. He managed to obtain a Theatrograph, one of the very first film projectors made by Robert Paul , introduced into the programme on 19 March 1896, two days before Paul himself gave his first commercial screenings at Olympia. Although Maskelyne was not at first enthusiastic about including films as an adjunct to magic acts, he nevetheless soon changed his mind and personally introduced each film from the stage. He also appeared in one of Paul's early films, Maskelyne: Spinning Plates (1896). Maskelyne himself became involved in cinematographic invention. He was a clever mechanic and many of the illusions used in the peformances were created by him and constructed in his own workshops. Ideas for a film projector designed on entirely new lines began to occupy him and his son, Nevil. They wondered if the irritating flicker produced by conventional machines could be overcome by employing a continuously running film rendered optically stationary. The invention was patented on 28 May 1896 and appeared at the Egyptian Hall as the Mutagraph, featuring in a striking early film poster. Devant and the Maskelynes made their own films, and as a result of experimenting with slow-motion cinematography Nevil (the son) was later enlisted by Britain's War Office to film artillery shells in flight for purposes of analysis.

67. Mason & Dixon - Thomas Pynchon maskelyne, nevil 17321811, astronomer royal, was the third son of Edmund Her son nevil Story-maskelyne (b. 1823) was professor of mineralogy at Oxford http://www.hyperarts.com/pynchon/mason-dixon/extra/maskelyne_bio.html

Alpha Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ Biography of Nevil Maskelyne From the O.U.P. National Dictionary of Biography [Provided by Daniel O'Hara] Maskelyne, Nevil Nautical Almanac for 1767, the rule upon which it was founded having been already communicated to the Royal Society (Phil. Trans. liv. 265). Through Bradley's influence he was sent by the Royal Society to observe the transit of Venus of 6 June 1761, in the island of St. Helena. He proposed besides to determine the parallaxes of Sirius and the moon (ib. li. 889, lii. 21), but met disappointment everywhere. The transit was concealed by clouds; a defective mode of suspension rendered his zenith-sector practically useless (ib. liv. 348). An improvement on this point, however, which he was thus led to devise, was soon after universally adopted; and during a stay in the island of ten months he kept tidal records, and determined the altered rate of one of Shelton's clocks (ib. pp. 441, 586). On the voyage out and home he experimented in taking longitudes by lunar distances, and published on his return The British Mariner's Guide

68. Mason & Dixon - Thomas Pynchon after discussion with nevil maskelyne qv, who had observed the transit there, nevil maskelyne, the Seaman s Astronomer, 1989; CC Gillispie (ed. http://www.hyperarts.com/pynchon/mason-dixon/extra/dixon_bio.html

Alpha Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ Biography of Jeremiah Dixon From the Oxford University Press National Dictionary of Biography [Provided by Daniel O'Hara] Name: Dixon, Jeremiah Dates: 1733-1779 Active Date: 1773 Gender: Male Field of Engineering, Construction, Naval Interest: Architecture and Surveying, Science and Mathematics, Space and Aviation Occupation: Surveyor and astronomer Place of Birth: Bishop Auckland, county Durham Education: John Kipling's School in Barnard Castle Death: Cockfield, county Durham Spouse: Unmarried Dixon, Jeremiah 1733-1779, surveyor and astronomer, was born in Bishop Auckland, county Durham, 27 July 1733, the fifth of the seven children of George Dixon, a well-to-do Quaker coalmine owner, and his wife Mary Hunter of Newcastle. He was educated at John Kipling's School in Barnard Castle, where he acquired an interest in mathematics and astronomy. While still a young man in south Durham, he made the acquaintance of the mathematician William Emerson, the instrument-maker John Bird, and the natural philosopher Thomas Wright [qq.v.]. In 1760 the Royal Society chose Charles Mason [q.v.] to go to Sumatra to observe the 1761 transit of Venus, and, probably on Bird's recommendation, Mason suggested Dixon should go as his assistant. An encounter with a French frigate delayed their final sailing so that they could not reach Sumatra in time. They therefore landed at the Cape of Good Hope, where the transit was successfully observed on 6 June 1761. On the passage home, they stopped at St Helena in October and, after discussion with Nevil Maskelyne [q.v.], who had observed the transit there, Dixon returned temporarily to the Cape with Maskelyne's clock to carry out gravity experiments.

69. Nevil Maskelyne (1732-1811), Fifth Astronomer Royal (1765-1811). - The Working T A graduate of Trinity College, Cambridge, nevil maskelyne became assistant tothe then Astronomer Royal, Bradley, in 1757. He was ordained in 1755 but never http://www.portcities.org.uk/london/server/show/conMediaFile.1250/Nevil-Maskelyn

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70. The Transit Of Venus - Port Of Science And Discovery - Port Cities In 1761 the Royal Society sent the astronomers nevil maskelyne (later the 5thAstronomer Royal) and nevil maskelyne (17321811), fifth Astronomer Royal. http://www.portcities.org.uk/london/server/show/ConGalleryCollection.15/chapterI

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71. Maskelyne, Cooke And Devant John nevil maskelyne (18391917) was one of the greatest British magicians,particularly in the field of stage illusions created through sleight of hand. http://www.illumin.co.uk/svank/biog/maskcook/maskcook.html

John Nevil Maskelyne (1839-1917) was one of the greatest British magicians, particularly in the field of stage illusions created through sleight of hand. He trained as a watchmaker, which presumably gave him a thorough grounding in the art of precision, and first came to public attention in 1865 when he and his partner George A.Cooke exposed "American spiritualist mediums" the Davenport Brothers as frauds. Maskelyne and Cooke established their own theatre in 1873, and became famous for their shows which blended comedy, illusion and conjuring tricks (they billed themselves as 'Royal Illusionists and Anti-Spiritualists', making it clear that they were in the business of illusion rather than pseudo-religious fakery). They subsequently influenced countless magicians, including the young , who would adapt many of Maskelyne and Cooke's techniques in his own stage productions, and then further into the cinema. Cooke died in 1904, after which Maskelyne teamed up with the legendary magician David Devant, though the two had performed together a decade earlier. Devant (1868-1941) was by common consent the greatest stage illusionist of the era (in 1905 he was the obvious choice for the first president of the Magic Circle), and the team of Maskelyne and Devant became even more successful than Maskelyne and Cooke, until the partnership was ended in 1915, just before Maskelyne's death. Devant retired in 1920 due to ill health, but would live until 1941. Maskelyne and Devant published

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Les gens Maskelyne (Nevil). - A de Soleil es favorites. Il se lia avec Bradley de . Il voulut profiter de cette occasion pour tenter de nouvelles recherches sur la parallaxe de la Lune La Caille Graham Le Monnier ... Halley Que Maskelyne soit ou non l'auteur de la suspension que Lalande Bird La Caille dans ses voyages. A son retour Maskelyne publia son Guide du Marin British Mariner's Guide Almanach Nautique Tables Tables requisite to be used with the nautical Ephemeris Harrison Bliss La Caille Les observations de Flamsteed D. Cassini . Celles de Halley La Caille Fundamenta Astronomiae Ciel austral Catalogue zodiacal Les observations, de Bradley Bradley sciences Bradley , la Lune en syzygie ou en quadrature La Caille Maskelyne ne quittait plus son observatoire; il y resta en 1769, quoique l'observation qu'il pouvait y faire du esurer l'attraction Bouguer moyenne de la Terre. Avec de Transactions de 1778) par le docteur Hutton Playfair Michell Cavendish ... Coulomb Transactions Delambre Newton Fontenelle le disait de D. Cassini Histoire, Astr. moderne , tom. II, pag. 739.

73. Lake County Astronomical Society NightTimes nevil maskelyne. Jay Bitterman. nevil maskelyne was born in London on October 6,1732. He was an influential British astronomer, physicist and, http://www.bpccs.com/lcas/Articles/maskel.htm

Home Articles Meetings NightTimes ... Downloads Astronomy Bio Nevil Maskelyne Jay Bitterman Nevil Maskelyne was born in London on October 6, 1732. He was an influential British astronomer, physicist and, like so many others of his time, a priest. He was the founder of the Nautical Almanac and he became Astronomer Royal at age 32. In 1754 he received his bachelor's degree in divinity from Westminster School, Trinity College, Cambridge. Although ordained a year later he decided to become an assistant to James Bradley at the Greenwich Observatory. It was probably his early interest in solar eclipses that led Maskelyne into his career as an astronomer. In 1756 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society. In 1757 he was awarded his master's degree from Trinity College and elected a Fellow of the College. In 1760 he became the fifth Director of the Greenwich Observatory and Astronomer Royal and continued to carry out his clerical duties in such parishes as Shrawardine, Shropshire, and North Runcton, Norfolk. Under the auspices of the Royal Society, he and R. Waddington undertook his first major observational project by going to the island of St Helena to observe the 1761 transit of Venus. They wanted to determine accurately the distance of the Earth from the Sun. Unfortunately, at the appropriate moment the weather turned bad and, in any case, he lost confidence in his instruments. He missed the 1769 transit again because it was not until 1772 that Maskelyne perfected his technique for observing transits. Nevertheless his sea journey to and from St Helena stimulated an interest in marine navigation by astronomical methods and he spent a considerable amount of effort trying to devise a better means of determining longitude at sea.

74. Special Collections maskelyne, nevil Devant, David Our Magic The Art In Magic The Theory of Magic.maskelyne, J. nevil - Sharps and Flats http://www.whitchurch-library.on.ca/Special Collections.htm

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75. Story-Maskelyne | Mervyn Herbert Nevil | 1823-1911 | Professor Of Mineralogy, Br Storymaskelyne Mervyn Herbert nevil 1823-1911 professor of mineralogy,British Museum. Sketch map of the area North-west of Forfar (1817-1829) http://www.nahste.ac.uk/pers/s/GB_0237_NAHSTE_P0192/

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78. The Swiss Watch Industry - Watchmakers' And Inventors' Hall Of Fame - MASKELYNE nevil maskelyne (1732 1811). Director of Greenwich Observatory, much concernedwith the chronometric experiments of Harrison and Mudge. http://www.fhs.ch/en/perso/?perso=maskelyne

79. Magicians' Birth And Death Dates- M- | MagicTricks.Com: The Magician's Magic Sho maskelyne, Jasper, 1902, 1973. maskelyne, John nevil, 1222-1839, 05-18-1917.maskelyne, nevil, 1863, 1924. maskelyne, Noel ? 1976. Maven, Max, 1950, living http://www.magictricks.com/bios/birthdeathm.htm

MAGIC SHOP LIBRARY MUSEUM SITE MAP ... REAL NAMES M Magicians' Birth and Death Dates Known birth and death dates for well-known magicians with the last name starting with "M". Use the Alphabetical Index to browse pages by first initial of last name Magicians are listed by their stage names. Some names are hyperlinked to their biographies. Additions? Corrections? Please contact us SEARCH BY LAST NAME INITIAL A B C D ... Z Enjoy the facts below, but please don't copy this information and post it on your own web site . It took many hours of research to compile and we thank you for not stealing our work. If you are doing a paper or project for school, we will be happy to give you permission to use this material if you contact us first. NAME BORN DIED Malini, Max Mandrake, Leon Mann, Al Marlo, Ed Marshall, Frances Marshall, Horace Marshall, Jay living Martinka, Francis J. Maskelyne, Jasper

80. Who's Who In Magic History L-M | MagicTricks.Com: The Magician's Magic Shop maskelyne, John nevil (18391917) British-born magician who got his start British-born magician, son of John nevil maskelyne and father of Jasper. http://www.magictricks.com/bios/whoswholm.htm

MAGIC SHOP LIBRARY MUSEUM SITE MAP ... REAL NAMES L-M Magicians' Biographies Use the Search Box to locate a specific name Use the Alphabetical Index to browse pages by first initial of last name Additions? Corrections? Please contact us This is an enormous project, and we realize that we still have a lot of bios to add. If you would like to contribute information about a well-known magician who should be listed here, please contact us and please include your source of information Enjoy the facts here, but please don't copy this information and post it on your own web site . It took many hours of research to compile and we thank you for not stealing our work. L Lafayette (1872-1911) German-born illusionist (real name Sigmund Neuberger) noted for his elaborate stage settings and spectacular showmanship. He began his career as an imitator of Ching Ling Foo , but became one of the highest-paid performers in vaudeville. His excellent quick-change routine as well as dramatic illusions such as his own

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